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2The Daily T-.- HeelMonday, March 3, 1986 rrri ;4-ft 1-rN 1-d"nftT! Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on N.C. prisons that will appear on consecutive Mondays. By HELEN COOPER Staff Writer Murderers, rapists and arsonists get first priority in prison space, but North Carolina doesnl have enough facilities to house its large number of convicted criminals. Corrections Department officials say this imbalance between crime and punishment has led to serious overcrowding of prisons, which are now housing 1,000 inmates over capacity, and more than 4,500 inmates over federal court-mandated standards. There are 17,674 inmates in North Carolina's 85 prisons, which have a total capacity of 16,700 (35 square feet per inmate), according to state officials. Federal guidelines say that there should be 50 square feet per person. Triple bunking is also a problem. Last year, a federal lawsuit forced the state to eliminate triple bunking in prisons in the Southern Piedmont area, said Renee McCoy, Corrections Department public information officer. But there are still triple bunks in other regions, she added. Gov. Jim Martin is expected to release a plan to help relieve the prison overcrowding. State officials say part of the plan will include prison construction. Many believe there are other ways to ease overcrowd- o 1L ing rather than building more prisons. Alternative punishments include placing some misdemeanants in community-based programs rather than prison, or instituting longer, more strict probation sentences. "We are looking at expanding into more intensive probation sentences and community service as an alternative to incarceration," McCoy said. These alternatives to incarceration would mostly serve misdemeanants, who comprised 20 percent of the prison population and 57 percent of annual admissions in 1984.' North Carolina is one of a few states that sends misdemeanants to state prisons, and has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country. The incarceration rate in North Carolina is 251 per 100,000 residents. The national average is 184 per 100,000 residents. While alternative sentencing would help ease the overcrowding problem, it would prove ineffective when used against repeat offenders, said Orange and Chatham counties District Attorney Carl Fox. "These people can't just keep stealing," Fox said. He added that in order for the threat of a prison sentence to be a crime deterrent for misdemeanants, there must be a real threat. "They (first and second offenders) don't know that you won send them to jail," Fox said. "But more prison space would go to repeat offenders." mm But that does not mean that some first and second offenders will not find themselves behind bars, however crowded the prisons might be. "Who knows when the exception will be made?" he said. Although North Carolina has a lower crime rate than ( the national average, crime in the state is increasing, McCoy said. "There has been an increase in prison admissions, caused by an increase in crime," she said. McCoy added that when prisons are this over crowded, security becomes a definite factor. "Correc tion officers will have that many more people to guard," she said. "It's a more intense situation." State officials are looking at other means of releasing some inmates earlier. An electronic surveillance system is being used in some states to monitor the location of offenders. The monitoring system consists of a small transmitter put on a band which is strapped around the ankle. The transmitter tells where the person is. "It's tamper-proof. If the offender tries to remove it, the transmitter sends a warning that it has been tampered with," said Chris Langer, marketing representative for B.I. Incorporated, a Minnesota company which manufactures the C.S.D. (Corrections Systems Divisions) escort. While North Carolina has not adopted the use of the CSD escort yet, it is one of several alternatives to incarceration being considered. Palestimait'grosips take credit for killing of WestEank mayor From Associated Press reports NABLUS, Occupied West Bank A moderate Palestinian recently appointed by Israel as ' mayor of Nablus, the West Bank's largest city, was fatally shot 30 yards from City Hall on Sunday as he walked to work, authorities said. The Israelis said the assassin escaped into a crowded market. The killing of Mayor Zafer al Masri was condemned by both moderate Arabs and Israelis as a setback to Middle East peace efforts. Two Syrian-backed Palestinian factions, which reject a negotiated settlement with Israel, claimed responsibility. Al-Masri, 44, known for his pro Jordanian views, was the only Arab so far to accept Israeli appointment as a mayor in the West Bank, which Israel captured from Jordan during the 1967 Arab-Israeli. Gorbachev, Csstro resfHrrn tits MOSCOW Soviet leader Mik hail S. Gorbachev met with Cuban President Fidel Castro on Sunday and pledged continued support for Cuba's fight against "the threats of and acts of provocation of U.S. imperialism," the official news agency Tass said. "The leaders of the two fraternal parties strongly denounced the imperialist concept of 'new global ism, which amounted to nothing short of open intervention in the internal affairs of sovereign countries and an attempt to deny the peoples the right freely to decide their destinies," Tass said. Castro, who had not been in Moscow since the funeral of Yuri Andropov in February 1984, was given the honor of being the first foreigner to address the 27th Com munist Party Congress. There was no session of the Congress Sunday, which was also Gorbachev's 55th birthday. raecoall Savoiracis oS vv L. I & i i r , v is ! ' ! t ' i 3? TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE SPECIAL SAVINGS AT: Date: MON., MAR. 3 Tims: 10 am-3 pm PLACE: STUdENT STOHES North Carolina Graduate Services SwedhkpoUeerelem STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) The man who killed Prime Minister Olof Palme apparently had him under surveillance for some time before he shot him with a powerful American made revolver, police said Sunday. Police Commissioner Hans Holmer told reporters that two bullets recovered at the downtown sidewalk scene of the late Friday night shooting were fashi oned from an unusual combination of metals and may have been handmade. Police said this could make it harder to track down the source of the bullets. Sweden's two-day-old caretaker government meanwhile held its first session and discussed arrangements for the funeral of Social Democratic leader Palme, set for March 15. Foreign Ministry representative Lars Loennback said the funeral would be closed to the public, but "many foreign guests" would be invited. Palme, 59, was serving his fourth term as prime minister and was regarded as a top Western Europen spokesman on disarmament and socialist causes. Social minister Gertrud Sigurdsen said there would be no official decla ration of national mourning, for which Sweden has no national precedent. Sigurdsen, speaking with Swedish television after the two-hour govera- Seniors information day to be held March 25 Graduating seniors who are clueless as to what needs to be done to prepare for the commencement excercises in For Vao Qccord Dr. Bert Todd, translator for Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, was incor rectly identified in Friday's story as "Dr. Bert Scott." The DTH regrets the reporting error. May need wait no further than March 25. From 1 1 a.m. until 3 p.m. tables will be set up in the Great Hall where seniors can turn for information on caps and gowns, the General Alumni Associa tion, senior class pledges, placement services, handicapped services, how to clear your student account and how to escape your present lease, among other information valuable for seniors. ment session, said there was no need for an official declaration. "The spontaneous reaction of mourn ing, how people reacted, was correct," she said. . ' ' Palme was shot once in thelack while walking with his wife, Lisbeth, after they attended a movie. He was pronounced dead at 12:06 a.m. Saturday, less than an hour later, on a hospital operating table. His wife was grazed by a bullet and slightly wounded. Police had said Saturday they believed the assassin fired only one bullet, but on Sunday they reported finding a second bullet. They said one grazed Mrs. Palme and the other may have been the one that killed the prime minister. Holmer told a news conference the couple decided on . the spur of the moment to attend the movie, leading police to believe the assassin must have been keeping the prime minister under surveillance. "Everything indicates that the perpe trator shadowed the (Palmes) to the movie theater, all the way from their home," Holmer said. The police commissioner said the Palmes traveled to the cinema by subway. He asked anyone who may have seen a man trailing the couple to come forward. Police superintendent Rolf Fredrik soon said police had taken three men into custody for questioning by Sunday morning, but had released all three as having nothing to do with the shooting. Holmer said the two lead bullets police found did not match any of the 500 comparison bullets investigators kept on file. Remarking on the first bullet, before the second was found, he said, "What makes this bullet rare is the combination of metals and the proportion between the metals." IAS 1" B S SPECIAL . 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